194,000 Americans filed first-time unemployment claims in the week ending 2026-10-24 — highest since October 17, 2026 for a series that has printed every week since 1967.
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Monthly US series since the early 2000s; the latest print is labelled on the chart. Source and query below.
dataset: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ICSA query: FRED fredgraph.csv id=ICSA; agency of record: US Department of Labor, Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims published · data as of 2026-10-24
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